A French man was found dead with a severe laceration to his throat at a dormitory room in Udon Thani on Thursday.

The 53-year-old, whose name is being withheld, was found dead at Siriwattana dormitory in tambon Samphrao, said Pol Col Som Wayo, a police investigation officer at Muang district station who learned of the death at around 10.30am.

Police, forensic officers and a doctor were called to a room on the first floor of the dormitory which was chained from the inside. They cut the chain and found the naked body of the man lying face down in the bathroom.